Ben Morgan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thank you for sharing this. I recently set up a Weebly site for a client and found that the Mobile site looked fine, but was displaying old content or no content and was overall inconsistent. I did a bit of research and found that its harder for Weebly to mobile optimize sites of custom designs and CSS. Whether this is the case or not, the end result is what really matters. I rather have people see a full site than nothing at all. Thanks again for showing your examples. DivTagTemplate (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thanks for this comment. I agree that the mobile optimizer could sometimes distort the visual interface of websites. It's always difficult to create a "one solution fit all websites" tool. The best experience is still to build a mobile website on a custom basis, but of course, not everybody knows how to do this nor have the budget to do so. So on a case by case situation, we'd encourage Weebly users to try having the mobile optimizer turned on and off to see which version they like! ktlxx (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thank you for this. My weebly website is more image based and I think one pinch to zoom in is just fine. The backround of my site is black and despite the mobile settings Theme Colour telling me it would be black, it wasn't. It was white, which made my site look pretty weird after designing it in black. So now, although the full page is now there I think it's worth having the mobile optimizer button unchecked. K DivTagTemplate (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Absolutely! It is completely up to users how they want their visitors to experience the mobile versions of their websites. It's just something we wanted to raise for Weebly users to be aware of, and to ensure that if they want mobile users to see the "optimized" version they can do so but only after they are aware of the difference :) Thanks for your comment! DivTagTemplate (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That's a very fair point. A lot of websites do set up separate "mobile" websites targeting mobile users. But that's beyond the scope of this simple tutorial in which we just want Weeby users to be aware of this issue - to check whether Weebly's mobile optimization tool is better turned ON or OFF. You've brought up a very good point though so many thanks for the feedback! Graham Boston (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I think whether you turn this feature off depends on what kind of site you have and whether the design impact is a more important consideration than usability. For example, if it's predominantly an informational website such as a 'what's on' site listing events, then the mobile-friendly version is much easier to read and navigate. The text is clearer and larger, so that you don't need to zoom and scroll.Btw you might need to use a spell-checker on 'separate'!Btw useful vids - thanks ChampionMobile (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
For sites that don't render well (like yours) you need a separate mobile website. The experience for mobile users is TOTALLY different than a desktop user and a mobile site needs to be designed for that experience. People don't want to pinch and zoom on a mobile device and most of the content on a desktop site is overkill on a mobile site. |
